proripio

prō-rĭpĭo, pŭi, reptum, 3, v. a.

I.

To drag or snatch forth (class.).

A.

Lit.:

hominem proripi jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

nudos pedes,

i. e. spring forth, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 82.—With se, to rush out, to hasten or hurry forth or away:

quo illum hunc hominem proripuisse foras se dicam ex aedibus?

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 1:

se ex curiā repente proripuit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

se ex curiā domum,

Sall. C. 32, 1:

se porta foras,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. (12 init. );

1, 80: se domo,

Liv. 29, 9; 8, 30:

ex totā urbe,

id. 2, 24.—

B.

Trop.:

quae libido non se proripiet ac proiciet occultatione propositā?

Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73.—

II.

To snatch or hurry on, forwards, or away.

A.

Lit.:

se in publicum,

to rush into the street, Liv. 8, 28; 2, 23:

se in silvam,

to take refuge, Suet. Oth. 6:

se custodibus,

Tac. A. 4, 45:

se cursu,

to run away, App. M. 7, p. 196, 15.—Without se ( poet. ):

quo deinde ruis? quo proripis?

Verg. A. 5, 741.—

B.

Trop. ( poet. ):

ne virilis Cultus in caedem, et Lycias proriperet catervas?

Hor. C. 1, 8, 16.